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New regulations brought in by the NDP government amount to a seismic shift for the payday loan industry in Alberta, both critics and proponents of the rules agreed Wednesday. The Notley government took aim at what it called “predatory lending” this spring as it passed legislation lowering the maximum fee that can be charged by payday lenders from $23 […]

LACOMBE, Alta. — A member of a vigilante group has been charged with criminal harassment and mischief in an incident in central Alberta. Chief Lorn Blumhagen of Lacombe police says the alleged victim had been communicating online with a person through a social media website for the past three months. Police say the suspect used […]

Let Friday’s game between the Calgary Flames and the Minnesota Wild serve as the ultimate motivation for you kids chasing the dream. Heck, anyone chasing any dream should be motivated by this tale. On one end, representing South Calgary, was Chad Johnson. On the other, representing North Calgary, was Devan Dubnyk. Both products of the […]

Yards and subsequently points were at a premium on Saturday night at Hellard Field, but in the dying minutes the St. Francis Browns found their offensive groove. With a drive starting at their own 45-yard line, the Browns methodically worked their way downfield and when Jacob Izquierdo leapt over the pile and into the end […]

Premier Rachel Notley said Tuesday she’s hopeful the province is close to a deal with Enmax to settle the high-stakes legal dispute over power purchase arrangements, but Mayor Naheed Nenshi blasted the NDP government for suggesting an agreement with the city-owned utility was in place. An NDP government source told Postmedia Monday that the province […]

We’re just two regular Calgarians, my wife and I, but we know five business owners who have sold their interests, simply shut down, or will close very soon. There’s the small grocery store, the clothing shop, the bakery, the children’s store, the lovely restaurant on Central Memorial Park. Multiply us by thousands who love to […]

A small community southeast of Edmonton is abuzz after learning one of its residents is a $50-million lottery winner. A retired woman from a farm family in Irma found out she’d won Friday’s Lotto Max prize when she checked her ticket at the village Co-op store. The winner is asking for her privacy for now, […]

There’s two versions of reality going on in Alberta today. In one reality, jobs are being created, the unemployment rate is falling in cities like Edmonton and the economy is slowly getting better — or has stopped getting worse. That was the picture painted by Economic Development Minister Deron Bilous on Monday when he updated the provincial government’s job creation […]

Alberta is getting five new federally appointed judges to Court of Queen’s Bench — but losing two to the province’s top court. Federal Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould announced Thursday two new judicial appointments in Calgary and three in Edmonton. All five are replacing judges who have recently chosen to work as supernumerary members of the bench, […]

Premier Rachel Notley is in Calgary today where she will give a “State of the Province” address as the province that continues to struggle with a slumping economy, a ballooning deficit and worrisome unemployment figures. In her last State of the Province, delivered in Edmonton last November, Notley maintained her government wouldn’t respond to plunging […]

It looks like Albertans are in for a bit of a chill today, according to Environment Canada. The national forecaster has issued a special warning for much of the province as the first in a series of weather systems begins moving through northern Alberta today. Snow will fly in the Peace country around noon and will […]

With two Alberta men in their 30s now confirmed dead of carfentanil-related overdoses, authorities are saying the province continues to find itself in the eye of a deadly storm One of the two deceased was from Calgary, the other from Edmonton. Alberta’s acting chief medical examiner Dr. Elizabeth Brooks-Lim said it’s prudent to inform the […]

Everything about the Scotiabank Saddledome feels natural to Chad Johnson. From the long walk from the Victoria Park/Stampede C-train station to the recognizable sound of Beesley’s voice to Harvey the Hound, the 30-year-old netminder has been a Calgary Flame long before he was a Calgary Flame. “As soon as I got on the Saddledome ice […]

Performers are baring it all for Naked Girls Reading. The Calgary chapter of Naked Girls Reading is set to launch next week in efforts to bridge the gap between the sexual and the intellectual, all while promoting ideals of female empowerment. Started in Chicago in 2009, Naked Girls Reading was the brainchild of showgirl’s Michelle L’amour and Franky […]

As birthday presents go, this one was pretty sweet. Even if it was a day late. One day after celebrating his 25th birthday, Calgary Stampeders defensive tackle Quinn Smith was back on the field. It was Smith’s first appearance since the CFL handed him a three-game suspension for a failed drug test prior to the […]

W.P. Kinsella, the Alberta-born author of “Shoeless Joe,” the award-winning novel that became the film “Field of Dreams,” has died at 81. His literary agency confirmed the writer had a doctor-assisted death on Friday in Hope, B.C. The agency did not provide details about Kinsella’s health. Kinsella taught creative writing and modern literature from at the […]

New taxing powers for Calgary and Edmonton aren’t on the agenda for new consultations on city charters but the province isn’t ruling out the idea and Mayor Naheed Nenshi says it’s a conversation that needs to happen. Nenshi and NDP Municipal Affairs Minister Danielle Larivee announced Wednesday that public consultations on areas such as environmental stewardship and […]

Calgary’s elected officials shut the door on receiving more information from researchers about water fluoridation late Tuesday evening. A pitch by three councillors concerning fluoride failed at 10 p.m. Tuesday in a 9-5 vote, with only councillors Gian-Carlo Carra, Diane Colley-Urquhart, Peter Demong, Richard Pootmans and Mayor Naheed Nenshi supporting the notice of motion. […]

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